Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Ascent of Aiguille du Sabre

My brother Don sent this to me, and I put it on a website:


http://tinyurl.com/climbingaugilledusabre
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  1. David SessionsSeptember 15, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    Don,

    Thanks for sharing this delectable bit of Bob's. I'm not sure how those three guys got away with wandering off by themselves, but sounds like Jim had a pretty good sense of their ability and judgment, it would seem. And they had a neat adventure ascending what's described an the third class descent route from the Saber, as it's now called, into the Sharkstooth Gash and down.

    One bit that caught my attention was Bob's comment about the south face of the Saber, 1500 feet, and impossible to climb. That side is right next to where we- daughter Melissa, Harry Kent, Chris Reveley and Jon Krakauer- were climbing on the Petit Grepon last Friday. It's the longest face in the Cathedral Spires, has maybe 5-6 routes, all but one VERY difficult and the one only just really difficult. A bit uncanny the timing and feeling of juxtaposition of Bob's tale and my aging struggle just over the hill to the south to tackle yet one more hard climb, but with about the best support one could dream of. Our bivy the night before next to a small tarn near Sky Pond was utterly beautiful and below-freezing cold, but the sun on the south face made the climbing delectable.

    Thanks so much for passing along.

    Tom Hornbein

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